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How the private sector can pitch in to help combat Ebola
While health workers on the ground continue to struggle to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the United Nations, international nongovernmental organizations and other donors are appealing to the private sector for help.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Special Webinar Event: WDI hosts Kitrhona Cerri, Social Capital Manager at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development
The WBCSD is a CEO-led organization of forward thinking companies that galvanizes the global business community to create a sustainable future. It works with its members to re-define, measure and appraise corporate performance beyond financial indicators. Kitrhona Cerri, the Social Capital Manager of WBCSD’s Redefining Value Program, will join WDI for a webinar on Sept. 30, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM ET.
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- Impact Assessment
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The Companies Act has Promise, but Will India Inc. Cash In?: Business value and social good can converge if companies shift focus from compliance to results
There is much excitement in India around the social Companies Act, which stipulates that 2 percent of corporations’ profits must be spent on CSR. But the surge in CSR spending stemming from the new law will only be successful if execution looks markedly different from how CSR and philanthropic money has been spent in the past, says Dalberg’s Gaurav Gupta.
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The Power of Social Accountability: Overcoming bottlenecks to accelerate family planning
More than 60 million unintended pregnancies every year put girls and women at serious risk of death or disability during pregnancy and childbirth, and unsafe abortion. That’s why it’s important to hold global leaders accountable for the financial and policy commitments they’ve made to accelerate family planning.
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- Health Care
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Motivating Corporations to Do Good
Is it naïve to expect corporations to assist in addressing the social, economic and environmental challenges of the day?
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- Environment
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‘Firms should create CSR strategies in sync with their corporate character’
When Harvard Business School's V Kasturi Rangan conducted a seminar on managing corporate social responsibility in Mumbai two years ago, all of the city's top industrialists were in attendance.
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The Path Toward a B Corp Law in Argentina
There are currently 100 B Corps (Benefit Corporations) in South America. But in Argentina, there is no legal status for businesses that walk the line between nonprofit and for-profit. A team lawyers provides a blueprint for legislation in Argentina.
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